swoop vs descent

swoop and descent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swoop	Yes	No	Yes	No
descent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, descent is a hypernym of swoop; that is, descent is a word with a broader meaning than swoop:

swoop (noun)	descent (noun)
a swift descent through the air	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
a very rapid raid	properties attributable to your ancestry
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale	a movement downward
	the hereditary derivation of an individual
	a downward slope or bend
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

swoop (verb)	descent (verb)
seize or catch with a swooping motion
move down on as if in an attack
move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc